BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey’s seizure of the town of Afrin in northern Syria is a significant military achievement for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that gives him control over a large chunk of Syrian territory but also entrenches his troops as an occupying force in a crowded terrain packed with...

(c) 2018, The Washington Post. RIO DE JANEIRO - Before stepping into her Chevrolet Agile at 9:04 p.m. last Wednesday, Marielle Franco had just done what she did best: Fire up a room. “Let’s do this,” the 38-year-old politician with the cascading Afro had said as she wrapped up a speech at Rio’s...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Under a patchwork shelter of overlapping tarps and repurposed vinyl advertisements, several dozen residents of 18 Independence Street pack cheek by jowl into donated tents in the street near their building, which was damaged in the Sept. 19 earthquake. Six months after the...

(c) 2018, The Washington Post. JERUSALEM - A French national working for his country’s consulate in Jerusalem appeared in an Israeli court on Monday on charges that he smuggled weapons from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in a diplomatic vehicle. The consulate employee, identified by Israeli...

BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey’s president vowed Monday to keep up the pressure against a U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish militia after his troops captured the Syrian town of Afrin, threatening to expand the military offensive into other Kurdish-held areas across northern Syria and even into neighboring Iraq....

(c) 2018, The Washington Post. About 1.5 million Indians drive for Uber, Ola and other ride-sharing companies. On Monday, many of them refused to work. Thousands of workers participated in the countrywide strike, crippling traffic and creating massive headaches for commuters. The drivers say they...

MOSCOW (AP) — With his best election showing ever, President Vladimir Putin is shifting comfortably into his next six-year term, but the gnawing question of what comes next already looms on Russia’s horizon. At his first appearance after Sunday’s victory, Putin was immediately asked about his plans...

(c) 2018, The Washington Post. BRUSSELS - The Belgian government has decided to terminate the long-term lease of the country’s largest and oldest mosque to the Saudi royal family, as part of what officials say is an effort to combat radicalization. The move caps a long-running discussion about what...

MOSCOW (AP) — Now that President Vladimir Putin has overwhelmingly won re-election for another six years, some are wondering whether he will try to stay in power in Russia for life. Chinese leader Xi Jinping recently managed it, scrapping term limits — and was among the first world leaders to...

(c) 2018, The Washington Post. JERUSALEM - A French national working for his country’s consulate in Jerusalem has been detained on suspicion of smuggling weapons out of the Gaza Strip, Israel’s internal security agency said Monday. The consulate employee, identified as Romain Franck, is alleged to...